Medical parasitology Books

Book SynopsisSUITABLE FOR KINDLE AND OTHER EBOOK DEVICESSwitch off the news and mute your tense WhatsApp chats - here are 101 family-friendly, fun, smart, silly, useful, good-to-know things to do and learn that will take your mind off what''s going on outside the comfort of your own home, providing you with plenty of much needed moments of positivity and calm. Including (but not limited to!): Quizzes Anagrams Poems Riddles Jokes Word games Fun facts And other ways to occupy your time in a fulfilling way.Suitable for those aged 7 to 107, with the quizzes requiring some grown-up knowledge.And whilst you #StayHome, don''t miss these other great titles from Sphere Books:** The Bumper Book of Would You Rather? Over 350 hilarious hypothetical questions for ages 6 to 106 **** Home Sweet Home: The Little Book of Natural Cleaning **

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Book SynopsisFully revised for its third edition, the Oxford Handbook of Expedition and Wilderness Medicine continues to be the essential resource for all expedition medics and well-informed travellers, as well as nurses, paramedics, medical students, and other expedition members travelling in remote, wilderness areas of the world. Now containing more guidance about caving medicine, the third edition includes revised and additional illustrations and essential maps of the spread of diseases. Clear and concise, readers can rely on this handbook to provide the key knowledge and practical advice they need. It enables efficient preparation and planning before the journey, advises on camp logistics, risk management, and medical problems during the expedition, as well as highlighting rare but important risks to those visiting remote areas. Focusing on preventative measures, it also contains chapters dealing with crisis management, emergency care, and evacuation from challenging environments, with guidance about the obligations of a clinician joining an expedition, ethical approaches to such work, and medicine in various extreme environments. This edition will give you the confidence and skills you need to travel to any extreme or remote environment. Incorporating the combined knowledge and experience of a team of experienced clinicians and expeditioners, this is a practical, easy-to-use guide to all aspects of expedition and wilderness medicine.Table of Contents1: Expedition medicine 2: Preparations 3: Caring for people in the field 4: Ethics and responsibilities 5: Crisis management 6: Emergencies: diagnosis 7: Emergencies: trauma 8: Emergencies: collapse and serious illness 9: Treatment: skin 10: Treatment: head and neck 11: Treatment: dental 12: Treatment: chest 13: Treatment: abdomen 14: Treatment: limbs and back 15: Treatment: infectious diseases 16: Psychological and psychiatric problems 17: Risks from animals 18: Plants and fungi 19: Anaesthesia in remote locations 20: Cold climates 21: Mountains and high altitude 22: Inland and coastal waters 23: Offshore 24: Underwater 25: Hot, dry environments: deserts 26: Hot, humid environments: tropical forest 27: Caving 28: Medical kits

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Book SynopsisTable of Contents1. Parasitic and infectious diseases of African wildlife: The Big Five Joanne Cable 2. Improving translational power for antischistosomal drug discovery Jennifer Keiser

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Book SynopsisFor human health, leishmaniasis is among the most important protozoan diseases, superseded only by malaria. Globally, 10 to 12 million people are infected with 1.5 million new cases every year. The development of cheaper new drugs is urgently needed for this neglected disease that is developing resistance to current treatments. Chemotherapy remains the only treatment option for the bulk of patients. However, this is largely unaffordable for most. In the past three years numerous advances in drug discovery have been made for treating this disease by exploiting diverging metabolic pathways between the Leishmania enzymes and their hosts, using nanotechnology to target the immune cell phagolysosomes where Leishmania resides. Drug Discovery for Leishmaniasis aims to provide a perspective of the current treatments and their challenges, blended with the emerging strategies and methodologies that will drive new target appraisals and drug developments, as well as addressing the molecular basis of resistance in Leishmania. Recent studies have shown that leishmaniasis affects some of the poorest people in the world, with 95% of fatal cases occurring in only 6 countries. With the WHO goal of eliminating this public health problem in the South-east Asia Region by 2020, this book will be important for anyone who is interested in neglected tropical diseases.Trade ReviewThis is a timely and highly relevant book that provides a comprehensive and in-depth overview of the current state and future directions of drug discovery for leishmaniasis. It has a broad scientific scope and wonderful insights from leading experts in the field which ensures that there is something for everyone, and that this book is truly a must-have for anyone working in the area of leishmaniasis. -- Dr. Steven L. Cobb, Durham University (UK) * ChemMedChem, DOI: 10.1002/cmdc.201800266 *Table of ContentsLeishmaniasis, Impact and Therapeutic Needs; Anti-leishmanial Drug Discovery: Past, Present and Future Perspectives; From Bench to Bedside: Development and Optimization of Clinical Therapies for Visceral Leishmaniasis; Drug Assay Methodology in Leishmaniasis: From the Microplate to Image Analysis; The Pursuit of Novel Anti-leishmanial Agents by High-throughput Screening (HTS) of Chemical Libraries; Omics and Their Impact on the Development of Chemotherapy Against Leishmania; In silico Tools for Target Identification and Drug Molecular Docking in Leishmania; Medicinal Chemistry Strategies to Discover New Leishmanicidal Drugs; Natural Products as a Source of New Drugs Against Leishmania; Organometallic Compounds in Chemotherapy Against Leishmania; New Avenues for Drug Delivery in Leishmania: Using Treatment of Visceral Leishmaniasis with Amphotericin B as an Exemplar; Addressing the Molecular Biology of Leishmania for Drug Development; The Physical Matrix of the Plasma Membrane as a Target: The Charm of Drugs with Low Specificity; Nutrient Transport and Sensing as Pharmacological Targets for Leishmaniasis; Carbon Metabolism as a Drug Target in Leishmania; The Redox Metabolism and Oxidative Stress in Leishmania as a Crossroads for the Lethal Effect of Drugs; DNA Topoisomerases as Promising Targets for Leishmania Chemotherapy; Molecular Basis of Drug Resistance in Leishmania; The Macrophage–Parasite Interface as a Chemotherapeutic Target in Leishmaniasis

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Book SynopsisParasites are a major issue affecting animal and human health, welfare, and economic productivity. This book provides 555 questions to test your knowledge of animal and tropical parasitology, to help you study anywhere, with any amount of time. Key features: Covers the most important and the most neglected parasites in a concise manner. Questions address parasite biology, epidemiology, diagnostics and management, all in relation to animal health. Includes key zoonotic parasites and their impact on human health. Uses multiple choice questions, true or false statements, fill-in-the-blanks, and more, to enable independent learning and self-testing. Provides explanatory answers to aid further revision and study. A self-test resource for veterinary and animal science students that is also of interest to medical students interested in parasitology or zoonoses, this book provides a convenient, useful, and current source of information to anyone interested in learning, revising and assessing their knowledge in parasitology.Table of Contents1: Multiple Choice Questions 2: Matching Questions 3: Fill-In-The-Blank Questions 4: True or False Questions 5: Image-Based Questions

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Book SynopsisTicks of the family Ixodidae, commonly known as hard ticks, occur worldwide and are second only to mosquitoes as vectors of agents pathogenic to humans. Of the 729 currently recognized hard tick species, 283 (39%) have been implicated as human parasites, but the literature on these species is both immense and scattered, with the result that health professionals are often unable to determine whether a particular tick specimen, once identified, represents a species that is an actual or potential threat to its human host. In this book, two leading tick specialists provide a list of the species of Ixodidae that have been reported to feed on humans, with emphasis on their geographical distribution, principal hosts, and the tick life history stages associated with human parasitism. Also included is a discussion of 21 ixodid species that, while having been found on humans, are either not known to have actually fed or may have been misidentified. Additionally, 107 tick names that have appeared in papers on tick parasitism of humans, and that might easily confuse non-taxonomists, are shown to be invalid under the rules of zoological nomenclature. Although the species of ticks that attack humans have long attracted the attention of researchers, few comprehensive studies of these species have been attempted. By gleaning and analyzing the results of over 1,100 scientific papers published worldwide, the authors have provided an invaluable survey of hard tick parasitism that is unprecedented in its scope and detail.Table of ContentsACKNOWLEDGEMENTS INTRODUCTION METHODOLOGY CHAPTER 1 – TICK SPECIES FOUND FEEDING ON HUMANS CHAPTER 2 – TICK SPECIES WRONGLY CONSIDERED PARASITES OF HUMANS CHAPTER 3 – INVALID SPECIES RECORDED FROM HUMANS (synonyms, incertae sedis, nomina dubia, nomina nuda) COMMENTS AND CONCLUSIONS REFERENCES

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Book SynopsisThis is a thorough revision and update of the highly successful first edition, which which achieved sales in excess of 4,500. The text serves as a comprehensive introduction to parasitology for both undergraduate and beginning graduate students. In this edition, particular emphasis is placed on parasites of human and veterinary importance. The first three chapters in the text are concerned with how parasites ''work,'' their biochemistry, molecular and cell biology and physiology. The remaining chapters cover ecology and epidemiology, immunology and chemotherapy, with the final chapter covering integrated control. This new edition contains new material on cell and molecular biology, vectors and control, which is in contrast to the general biological approach of the first edition. The second edition will succeed the first as the major text on parasitology for students in biology, zoology, microbiology, medicine, veterinary medicine, tropical medicine and public health.Table of ContentsParasitic protozoa; Parasitic helminths; Vectors; Epidemiology; Biochemistry; Molecular biology and molecular genetics; Physiology and nutrition; Immunology; Chemotherapy; Control

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"A well-organized, -researched, and -illustrated overview of the parasitic world."---Tina Panik, Library Journal"[An] approachable and often fascinating primer on the subject."---Jerome Groopman, The New Yorker"[A] fascinating book. . . . you won’t look at parasites in the same way again."---Gege Li, New Scientist"[A] world-ranging study."---Andrew Robinson, Nature"Engrossing and well-illustrated. . . .A very readable, interesting, and well-presented introduction to the often overlooked evolutionary and ecological aspects of host-parasite interactions"---Leon Vlieger, The Inquisitive Biologist"Recommended."---D.A. Brass, Choice"The stories narrated by Gardner et al. are truly informative. . . . [If] you are looking for a new way to explore the planet, look no further than the microscopic, and sometimes macroscopic, world of parasites."---Francisco C. Ferreira, The Quarterly Review of Biology

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Book SynopsisA detailed account of the embryology, growth and metamorphosis of mosquitoes, the nutrition of larvae and adults, and egg production by the adult females. Physiological adaptations of larvae to their aquatic environment are also described. Written in a manner to be comprehensible to any informed biologist, the book has received glowing reviews.Table of Contents1: Aspects of genetics 2: Embryology 3: The egg shell 4: Larval feeding 5: Larval nutrition, excretion and respiration 6: Osmotic and ionic regulation 7: Growth and development 8: Metamorphosis 9: The circulatory system 10: The endocrine system and hormones 11: Adult food and feeding mechanisms 12: The adult salivary glands and their secretions 13: Structure of the adult alimentary canal 14: Adult digestion 15: Adult energy metabolism 16: Adult diuresis, excretion and defaecation 17: Structure of the gonads and gonoducts 18: Spermatogenesis and the structure of spermatozoa 19: Oogenesis 20: Vitellogenesis 21: Hormonal regulation of ovarian development in anautogenous mosquitoes 22: Nutrition and fertility of anautogenous mosquitoes 23: Autogeny -: Published by Chapman and Hall in 1992, this volume is now available from CABI Publishing

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Book SynopsisThis second edition of the popular advanced student textbook (previously published as Worms and Disease: A Manual of Medical Helminthology) has been thoroughly updated and revised since it was first published in 1975. It includes contributions and a chapter by Prof. Derek Wakelin, University of Nottingham, UK. An authoritative handbook covering all human helminth infections with particular emphasis on diagnosis, treatment, clinical manifestations, pathogenesis, epidemiology and control. Practical guidelines are given for estimating the clinical and public significance of helminthiases, vital in areas where the majority of inhabitants are infected with many helminths but only a few are sick.Table of Contents1: The Trematodes 2: The Cestodes 3: The Acanthocephalans 4: The Nematodes 5: Oher Groups 6: Immunology of Helminths 7: Epidemiological Aspects of Helminth Infections 8: Helminthological Techniques

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Book SynopsisThis volume is a republication in one volume of the 10 part CIH Keys to the Nematode Parasites of Vertebrates, first published between 1974 and 1983. For many years the ‘Keys’ have provided a working tool to those within the field and laboratory needing to know 'what is this worm?'. Now due to popular demand and to coincide with the long awaited publication of the supplement volume, the ‘Keys’ will be presented as one volume, refreshed and reformatted with the additional convenience of reordering in to superfamily. As an indispensable guide the ‘Keys’ shall continue to be an essential resource to those working within medical, veterinary and biological departments worldwide for many more years to come.Trade Review"'These keys are unique and absolutely essential to anybody engaged in diagnostic or research work involving nematodes' Prof. Ian Beveridge, The University of Melbourne, Australia"Table of Contents1: Glossary and Keys to Subclasses 2: Enoplida 3: Rhaditida 4: Strongylida 5: Strongylida 6: Strongylida 7: Strongylida 8: Oxyurida 9: Ascaridida 10: Ascaridida 11: Ascaridida 12: Spirurida 13: Spirurida 14: Spirurida

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Book SynopsisSchistosomiasis is Africa's second most common parasitic disease. Less than 20 years ago, over 200 million were infected. In many high-risk areas the Schistosomiasis Control Initiative (SCI) has been helping to tackle the disease by offering treatments to millions of children. This book tells the story of a man, Alan Fenwick, who founded the SCI to control the worms and snails and so improve the lives of many burdened with the disease as well as reducing the numbers infected. Over this period SCI and the Ministries of Health and Education in 16 countries delivered over 220 million treatments. Treatment coverage of up to 75% has been achieved. Widely recognised as a cost-effective and successful intervention, SCI's knock-on effects include improving overall physical health, school attendance and future prospects for millions of people. The authors explore the work and experiences involved in forming, establishing and managing a health intervention system such as the SCI, while describing important lessons for anyone looking to replicate the success. This book covers: - Challenges faced and how the SCI overcame them to achieve its success; - Raising funds to deliver donated medicines; - Development of innovative partnerships; - Cultivation of working relationships and implementation across Africa; - A new model for other Neglected Tropical Disease programmes (NTDs); - Aspects of Alan's life in Africa told with memorable and often humorous anecdotes. A Tale of a Man, a Worm and a Snail is an essential resource for researchers, policymakers, health professionals and students of NTD control. The book is an enlightening, informative and enjoyable read for anyone interested in global health.Table of ContentsChapter 1: My Early Years, My Education and My First Job Chapter 2: Schistosomiasis and the Amazing Life-cycle of a Killer Worm Chapter 3: Coming of Age in Tanzania – Arusha, 1966–1971 Chapter 4: Research, Training and Drug Testing in Sudan, 1971–1988 Chapter 5: Assisting the Control of Bilharzia in Egypt, 1988–2002 Chapter 6: An Ambitious Programme for Africa (from 2002) Chapter 7: Establishing SCI – The Early Days, 2002-2003 Chapter 8: The Big Three versus NTDs – Finding Common Purpose Chapter 9: Planning for Success Chapter 10: Across Borders - Implementing Schistosomiasis Control from East to West Africa Chapter 11: Schistosomiasis - Mapping the Disease Chapter 12: Drugs - Mobilising the African Marketplace to Paralyse the Worm Chapter 13: Advocacy and Promotion of SCI Activity Chapter 14: M&E – What is Measured and Reaching Out to Donors Chapter 15: Building Partnerships - High Stakes for High Rewards Chapter 16: The SCI Target - Low Infection Rates Chapter 17: Research - Forewarned is Forearmed Chapter 18: Recognition for SCI Work Chapter 19: Accelerating Control of NTDs and Schistosomiasis in Particular, 2008–2020 Chapter 20: The Last Mile Chapter 21: What Next for Alan?

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Book SynopsisThe 4th edition of this book provides laboratory staff and clinicians with a quick benchtop reference on the identification and antifungal susceptibility of human and animal fungal infections. It contains descriptions of all the major medical fungal pathogens, 179 species from 109 genera. This updated edition includes new and revised descriptions and he authors have reconciled current morphological descriptions and name changes with more recent genetic data. The most common fungal species are described, including members of the yeasts, mucoromycetes, conidial moulds, dimorphic pathogens, and dermatophytes. The book features:updates to taxonomy and fungal names.more than 350 colour photographs. antifungal susceptibility profiles, including for new drugs where available.methods of identification including molecular and/or MALDI-ToF mass spectroscopy.This handy reference is essential for laboratory staff and clinicians dealing with the identification and management of human and animal fungal infections, researchers in medical microbiology and mycology laboratories.

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Book SynopsisWritten for the educated patient and health care provider, Conquering Lyme Disease gives an up-to-the-minute overview of the science that is transforming the way we address this complex illness. Brian A. Fallon and Jennifer Sotsky argue forcefully that the expanding plague of Lyme and other tick-borne diseases can be confronted successfully.Trade ReviewA lucid and important book, filled with moving case histories and vignettes, about an infectious illness that is threatening many lives. -- Siddhartha Mukherjee, author of The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer and The Gene: An Intimate History Lyme disease is a more complicated and nuanced illness than has been previously recognized. Fallon and Sotsky’s experience with the neuropsychological manifestations of Lyme, combined with their insights into the current patient experience, make this book a significant addition to the literature. A well-organized, comprehensive treatment of Lyme disease and the associated issues that patients face. -- John Aucott, director, Johns Hopkins Lyme Disease Clinical Research CenterConquering Lyme Disease is a balanced and factual synthesis of what is known and unknown about Lyme disease. Written in a clear and understandable way for a lay audience as well as medical professionals, it is a rich source of information on this complex subject, explaining the science behind current treatments and future directions for research. -- Stephen W. Barthold, University of California, DavisAn enlightening, informative, and up-to-date account of the key issues surrounding the complexity, controversy, prevention, diagnosis and treatment of Lyme borreliosis, especially the persistent form of the disease. Written by an outstanding and well-respected physician with tremendous experience, Conquering Lyme Disease will help to bridge the great divide and offer new hope in our fight against this debilitating disease. A must read for all interested in Lyme and associated diseases. -- Ying Zhang, MD, Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public HealthA sturdy reference on an illness whose varied presentations can bedevil patients and caregivers alike. * Publishers Weekly *In Conquering Lyme Disease, colleagues and coauthors Fallon and Sotsky push readers to grapple with some underlying scientific principles. Readers will have a better sense of where the research is today, where treatment falls short, and what the future may hold. * Library Journal *What is science’s role in turning the corner on what some have labelled a 'public health failure'? Physicians Brian Fallon and Jennifer Sotsky tackle this question in their insightful study Conquering Lyme Disease, in which they journey beyond the history, biology and symptoms of the illness. Their greatest accomplishment, by far, is delivering multiple viewpoints with minimal bias and great sensitivity: the clinician’s, the researcher’s and, particularly, the patient’s. -- James G. Logan * Nature *Highly suggested to everyone. -- Anna Maria Polidori * Articles and more... *By presenting an accessible, measured examination of the disease and synthesizing current research, the authors offer readers a great service...Highly recommended. * Choice *Fallon and colleagues have produced a valuable book combining humanistic Forster-type narratives and scientific Fisher-like elements to examine the human condition of chronic illness while describing current research in the complexities of Lyme disease. -- Paul Auwaerter * The Lancet Infectious Diseases *A timely new book. * CMRubinWorld *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsPreface Basic Terminology1. What Is Lyme Disease?2. The Early History and Epidemiologic Surveillance3. What Are the Symptoms and Signs of Lyme Disease?4. What Do the Diagnostic Tests Tell Us?5. The Great Divide and the Lyme Wars6. Why Would Symptoms Persist After Antibiotic Treatment?7. What Are the Treatments for Lyme Disease? 8. Other Tick-Borne Infections9. What Other Non-infectious Diseases Cause Lyme-Like Symptoms?10. Lyme Disease Prevention and Transmission11. Suggestions to the Patient Seeking Evaluation or Treatment12. The Experience of the Patient with Chronic Symptoms13. Frequently Asked Questions14. The Good News Emerging from Lyme Disease ResearchGeneric (Brand) Drug NamesGlossary of TermsReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisHumans and animals are frequently infected with at least one species of parasite and most also harbour other parasites or infectious agents. The interactions between these agents are often subtle and ignored by parasitologists, ecologists and immunologists. This volume explores these interactions in detail, with particular emphasis on their immunological and ecological aspects. There are also contributions on parasitic infections and AIDS and the problems of treating patients with multiple infections. This volume will be of interest to parasitologists, clinicians, veterinarians, immunologists, ecologists and anyone else dealing with parasitic, viral or bacterial infections in the laboratory or in the field.Table of ContentsConcomitant infections: overview F. E. G. Cox; Multiple infections with intestinal helminths in children D. A. P. Bundy; Interactions involving rodent nematodes: experimental and field studies D. Wakelin, J. M. Behnke, G. Sinski and E. Sinski; Interactions between species in helminth communities R. Poulin; Diplosostomid eye flukes in roach and perch at Slapton Ley, South Devon, UK C. R. Kennedy; Interactions between red blood cells and malaria parasites A. Saul; Heterologous immunity revisited I. A. Clark; Mathematical models of multiple infections A. P. Dobson; Parasitic diseases and immunodeficiencies P. Ambroise-Thomas; Chemotherapy for patients with multiple parasitic infections P. L. Chiodini.

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Book SynopsisThis short, readable 2004 textbook is designed to introduce students to the biology and techniques of agricultural pest and disease vector control. As such, it is unique; no other book attempts to marry together the fields of agricultural pest and disease vector control.Trade Review'[the authors] provide an extremely readable and up-to-date account of the control measures that can be used … They provide the reader with a very objective account of the problems of bringing together different techniques of control to a package acceptable to the growers and those responsible for vector control programmes … This book should be read by a wider audience than students of applied entomology as it shows that we still need insecticides despite the prophecies of 'Silent Spring'.' Crop Protection'This book, which is an expanded update of van Emden's previous book on Pest Control (1989), brings together, in a unique way, vectors of disease as well as agricultural pests and provides an extremely readable and up-to-date account of the control measures that can be used. From discussing the impact of arthropod pests on man, the authors give a very clear account of factors that affect the abundance of insects … Hopefully the book will be read by a wider audience than students of applied entomology, as it shows that we still need insecticides despite the prophecies of 'Silent Spring'.' Outlooks on Pest Management'The book is specialised, being confined to entomology, but is also broad in the sense that it contains a mixture of agricultural, medical and veterinary applications. The book is easy to read with numerous examples drawing on the authors' considerable expertise. The authors' enthusiasm for entomology is evident in their clear writing style. It is a user-friendly text that is well suited to undergraduate and masters programmes in crop protection, pest management, entomology and applied biology, as well as to applied medical and veterinary studies.' Pest Management Science'This would be a valuable text for an undergraduate course on applied entomology, combining as it does breadth, detail and interest on agricultural pest and disease vector control in one slim volume.' BiologistTable of ContentsPreface; 1. Man and insects; 2. The causes of pest and vectored disease outbreaks; 3. Insecticides and their formulation; 4. Application of insecticides; 5. Problems with insecticides; 6. Environmental/cultural control; 7. Biological control; 8. Insect pathogens; 9. Genetic control; 10. Pheromones; 11. Plant and host resistance; 12. Other control measures and related topics; 13. Pest and vector management; References; Appendix: names of some chemicals and microbials used as pesticides.

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Book SynopsisParasites cause many important diseases in humans and domestic animals. By concentrating on selected infections, Immunity to Parasites provides a clear account of how hosts can control parasites through immune responses and of how parasites can evade immunity. This second edition includes an expanded section on anti-parasite vaccines.Trade Review'… an admirable effort to introduce undergraduate and doctoral students to the immunology of parasitic infections. Clearly written and ably illustrated … a highly readable introduction to immunoparasitology.' Richard Locksley, Immunology Today'This book will, I am confident, remain at the very top of the 'hit parade' of immunoparasitology textbooks and it is a must on the bookshelf of all those interested in parasitology, immunology or infectious diseases.' M. Hommel, Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology'Peppered with original photomicrographs and experimental data … useful reading for those needing general information on the ever-burgeoning field of parasite immunology.' Thomas B. Nutman, Trends in Microbiology'… the second edition of Wakelin's Immunity to Parasites represents an excellent textbook aimed at undergraduates and postgraduates interested in either parasitology or immunology as well as at medical and veterinary specialists. It was a great pleasure to teach immunoparasitology with the help of this superb, clearly written and illustrative book.' Jan Kopecky, Folia Parasitologica'… fascinating in the details of host and parasite adjustment and co-evolution.' Dennis Cotton, BiologistTable of ContentsPreface to the Second Edition; Preface to the First Edition; 1. Parasites and parasitism; 2. The immune response; 3. Experimental immunoparasitology; 4. Intracellular Protozoa; 5. African trypanosomes; 6. Schistosomes; 7. Gastrointestinal nematodes; 8. Nematodes which invade tissue; 9. Ectoparasitic arthropods; 10. Immunological control of parasitic infections; References.

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Book SynopsisThis is a well-documented, illustrated survey of the historical background to disease caused by fungi in man and domesticated animals. Medical and veterinary mycology includes the study of infectious diseases caused by actinomycetes and allergic conditions induced by both fungi and actinomycetes, and their history is also described here.Table of ContentsPreface; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. Aetiology: dermatophytes and the taxonomic problem; 3. Names: problems of nomenclature; 4. Problems of pathogenic status with special reference to mycelial yeasts; 5. Epidemiological problems; 6. Therapeutic problems; 7. Spores as allergens: a problem of sensitization; 8. Mycetism, mycotoxicoses, and hallucinogenic fungi: toxicological problems; 9. Training mycopathologists: an educational problem; 10. Regional developments; Postscript; Notes on the text; Bibliography and chronology; Names index; Subject index.

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Book SynopsisBlood-sucking insects transmit many of the most debilitating diseases to man including malaria, sleeping sickness, filariasis, dengue, typhus and plague. Additionally these insects cause major economic losses in agriculture by direct damage to livestock. This new edition of The Biology of Blood-Sucking in Insects has been fully updated since it was first published in 1991. It provides a unique, topic-led commentary on the biological aspects that are common to blood-sucking insects. This account focuses on the biological adaptations that clearly suit the blood-sucking habit and further discusses hostâinsect interactions and the transmission of parasites by blood-sucking insects. It also outlines the medical, social and economic impact of blood-sucking insects. The final chapter is designed as a useful quick-reference section. Written in a clear, concise fashion and well illustrated throughout, the text will be of direct interest to advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students of medTrade Review'In this well-written book, Lehane provides a masterly and well-referenced summary of key aspects of the biology of blood-sucking habit … This is an accessible and comprehensive introduction to this important subject and deserves to be widely used.' Biologist'… provides perhaps the most comprehensive, and a very readable, teaching text for medical entomology available today … the book provides an excellent start point for students and researchers into all the subject areas associated with blood-feeding insects … This is a great follow up to a good first edition. The Biology of Blood-Sucking in Insects will be used by teachers of medical entomology, and the cost leaves it well within the student budget. I will be recommending this excellent text to my students.' Parasitology'… a useful and up-to-date book that will be of interest to medical and veterinary medical entomologists and parasitologists …' Journal of Insect ConservationTable of Contents1. The importance of blood-sucking insects; 2. The evolution of the blood-sucking habit; 3. Feeding preferences of blood-sucking insects; 4. Location of the host; 5. Ingestion of the blood meal; 6. Managing the blood meal; 7. Host-insect interactions; 8. Transmission of parasites by blood-sucking insects; 9. The blood-sucking insect groups.

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Book SynopsisParasites cause many important diseases in humans and domestic animals. By concentrating on selected infections, Immunity to Parasites provides a clear account of how hosts can control parasites through immune responses and of how parasites can evade immunity. This second edition includes an expanded section on anti-parasite vaccines.Trade Review'… an admirable effort to introduce undergraduate and doctoral students to the immunology of parasitic infections. Clearly written and ably illustrated … a highly readable introduction to immunoparasitology.' Richard Locksley, Immunology Today'This book will, I am confident, remain at the very top of the 'hit parade' of immunoparasitology textbooks and it is a must on the bookshelf of all those interested in parasitology, immunology or infectious diseases.' M. Hommel, Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology'Peppered with original photomicrographs and experimental data … useful reading for those needing general information on the ever-burgeoning field of parasite immunology.' Thomas B. Nutman, Trends in Microbiology'… the second edition of Wakelin's Immunity to Parasites represents an excellent textbook aimed at undergraduates and postgraduates interested in either parasitology or immunology as well as at medical and veterinary specialists. It was a great pleasure to teach immunoparasitology with the help of this superb, clearly written and illustrative book.' Jan Kopecky, Folia Parasitologica'… fascinating in the details of host and parasite adjustment and co-evolution.' Dennis Cotton, BiologistTable of ContentsPreface to the Second Edition; Preface to the First Edition; 1. Parasites and parasitism; 2. The immune response; 3. Experimental immunoparasitology; 4. Intracellular Protozoa; 5. African trypanosomes; 6. Schistosomes; 7. Gastrointestinal nematodes; 8. Nematodes which invade tissue; 9. Ectoparasitic arthropods; 10. Immunological control of parasitic infections; References.

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Book SynopsisChemotherapeutic Targets in Parasites analyzes the critical metabolic reactions and structural features essential for parasite survival, and advocates the latest molecular strategies with which to identify effective antiparasitic agents. Emphasized throughout is the design of more selective and less toxic drugs than in the past.Trade Review'… will be of interest to undergraduate and postgraduate students and will hopefully stimulate renewed interest in this important area of research.' John Barrett, Parasitology'Students of parasitology, research workers interested in drug development and practitioners in tropical medicine will find this book an invaluable guide to the theory of the chemical treatment of parasitic infections.' Chemistry in AustraliaTable of ContentsPreface; 1. The search for antiparasitic agents; 2. Biophysical, genomic, and proteomic analysis of drug targets; 3. Energy metabolism in parasitic helminths: targets for antiparasitic agents; 4. Antimalarial agents and their targets; 5. Antitrypanosomal and antileishmanial targets; 6. Targets in amitochondrial protists; 7. Neuromuscular structures and microtubules as targets; 8. Targets in the teguments of flatworms; Index.

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Book SynopsisThe papers in this volume draw attention to both new and recent information on the mechanisms employed by infectious pathogens to underpin their survival in the immunocompetent host and to facilitate their transmission between hosts.Table of ContentsList of contributors; Preface; 1. Exploitation of immune and other defence mechanisms by parasites: an overview R. M. Locksley; 2. Leishmania, macrophages and complement: a tale of subversion and exploitation D. M. Mosser and A. Brittingham; 3. The fate and persistence of Leishmania major in mice of different genetic backgrounds: an example of exploitation of the immune system by intracellular parasites P. Launois, J. A. Louis and G. Milon; 4. The relationship between immunological responsiveness controlled by T-helper 2 lymphocytes and infections with parasitic helminths D. I. Pritchard, C. Hewitt and R. Moqbel; 5. Modulation of host cell receptors: a mechanism for the survival of malaria parasites M. Hommel; 6. Immune evasion in malaria: altered peptide ligands of the circumsporozoite protein M. Plebanski, E. A. M. Lee and A. V. S. Hill; 7. Role of the immune response induced by superantigens in the pathogenesis of microbial infections I. Maillard, F. Luthi, H. Acha-Orbea and H. Diggelmann; 8. Macrophage apoptosis in microbial infections H. Hilbi, A. Zychlinsky and P. J. Sansonetti; 9. Virus encoded cytokines and cytokine receptors M. Barry and G. McFadden; 10. Production of an interferon-gamma homologue by an intestinal nematode: functionally significant or interesting artefact? R. K. Grencis and G. M. Entwhistle; 11. Cytokine induction and exploitation in schistosome infections J. H. McKerrow; 12. A role for granulomatous inflammation in the transmission of infectious disease: schistosomiasis and tuberculosis M. J. Doenhoff; 13. Enhancing antibodies in HIV infection G. Fust; 14. Immunological enhancement of breast cancer T. H. M. Stewart and G. H. Heppner; 15. Mathematical models of parasite responses to host immune defences R. Antia and M. Lipsitch; 16. Parasite immune evasion and exploitation: reflections and projections R. T. Damian.

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Book SynopsisThe articles contained within this volume were produced by speakers at the 2004 British Society for Parasitology Autumn Symposium on 'Subversion of immune cell signalling by parasites'. Together they provide an introduction to the topic as well as detailed insights into the immune subversion mechanisms employed by eukaryotic parasites.Table of ContentsList of contributors; Preface W. Harnett and L. H. Chappell; Introduction to immune cell signalling H. S. Goodridge, M. M. Harnett; Evasion of innate immunity by vaccinia virus I. R. Haga and A. G. Bowie; Subversion of host cell signalling by the protozoan parasite Leishmania D. J. Gregory and M. Olivier; Constitutively activated CK2 potentially plays a pivotal role in Theileria-induced lymphocyte transformation F. Dessauge, R. Lizundia and G. Langsley; Stimulation of innate immune responses by malarial glycosylphophatidylinositol via pattern recognition receptors T. Nebl, M. J. de Veer and L. Schofield; Subversion of immune cell signal transduction pathways by the secreted filarial nematode product, ES-62 W. Harnett, H. S. Goodridge and M. M. Harnett.

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Book SynopsisThis short, readable 2004 textbook is designed to introduce students to the biology and techniques of agricultural pest and disease vector control. As such, it is unique; no other book attempts to marry together the fields of agricultural pest and disease vector control.Trade Review'[the authors] provide an extremely readable and up-to-date account of the control measures that can be used … They provide the reader with a very objective account of the problems of bringing together different techniques of control to a package acceptable to the growers and those responsible for vector control programmes … This book should be read by a wider audience than students of applied entomology as it shows that we still need insecticides despite the prophecies of 'Silent Spring'.' Crop Protection'This book, which is an expanded update of van Emden's previous book on Pest Control (1989), brings together, in a unique way, vectors of disease as well as agricultural pests and provides an extremely readable and up-to-date account of the control measures that can be used. From discussing the impact of arthropod pests on man, the authors give a very clear account of factors that affect the abundance of insects … Hopefully the book will be read by a wider audience than students of applied entomology, as it shows that we still need insecticides despite the prophecies of 'Silent Spring'.' Outlooks on Pest Management'The book is specialised, being confined to entomology, but is also broad in the sense that it contains a mixture of agricultural, medical and veterinary applications. The book is easy to read with numerous examples drawing on the authors' considerable expertise. The authors' enthusiasm for entomology is evident in their clear writing style. It is a user-friendly text that is well suited to undergraduate and masters programmes in crop protection, pest management, entomology and applied biology, as well as to applied medical and veterinary studies.' Pest Management Science'This would be a valuable text for an undergraduate course on applied entomology, combining as it does breadth, detail and interest on agricultural pest and disease vector control in one slim volume.' BiologistTable of ContentsPreface; 1. Man and insects; 2. The causes of pest and vectored disease outbreaks; 3. Insecticides and their formulation; 4. Application of insecticides; 5. Problems with insecticides; 6. Environmental/cultural control; 7. Biological control; 8. Insect pathogens; 9. Genetic control; 10. Pheromones; 11. Plant and host resistance; 12. Other control measures and related topics; 13. Pest and vector management; References; Appendix: names of some chemicals and microbials used as pesticides.

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